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and, he was gorgeous...
would have to say, Lindsey is no Rock Hudson... except for being closeted.
During my military career I knew several gay officers - male and female. It was riduculous that they had to stay deep in the closet. One lesbian officer I knew took up with a pretend boyfriend when she thought people might be suspecting. Staying deep in the closet, always afraid of an OSI investigation, put a lot of stress on those officers. Sometimes they kissed up to bad bosses because they were more afraid than others to do the right thing. Gay officers can't afford to have enemies.
I look forward to the day when the military finally grows up concerning this issue. I think it will be real soon.
By the way, I just heard on CNN someone threw a shoe at Bush in Iraq - the man was dragged out of the room and could be heard screaming in the hallway as Bush mentioned the size shoe thrown at him. Torture...you betcha.
Speaking about this post, I think it is time to move on. Unless I am mistaken, Don't Ask Don't Tell is toast. I think it will be the 'bone' that the Democrats and Obama toss to us. Beating up Graham is justified, but I'm not sure if it accomplishes anything.
Viewing every issue through the lenses of Democrat/Republican, Right/Left, Christian/non-Christian, etc. is so 2008. For example, the issue of a national health care system USED to be a 'liberal' issue. Now, big businesses (those that don't profit from health care) are now mostly on-board for moving to a better system, mostly because they want to reduce their costs. Many seniors also recognize the need because of their circumstances. They still remain 'Republican' though. So we can agree that we need a new system, independent of the lens of party affiliation. The only people supporting the existing system are those who profit from it and those who hang on do some ideology that is no longer defensible.
Let's leave our baggage (ie those lenses) at the door when we enter 2009.
Well, words have power and his words at the time unleashed a pretty ugly torrent from the most reactionary wing of his party and resulted in a destructive policy that has blighted the lives of thousands of patriotic Americans who happen to be gay, and has cost American taxpayers untold thousands of dollars that we can ill afford.
Sad that it has taken 15 years for him to express these sentiments and I hope Sec'y. Colin Powell will say what he means and mean what he says in the future. I certainly respect him for asking, "...what difference would it make?" if Barack Obama were Muslim, at the time he endorsed him. That is the sort of thoughtful language for which we look to leaders such as Powell. I hope he will continue to speak out boldly and clearly against discrimination wherever it rears its ugly head.
It was my life experience when I served in the Army from 75-79 that you couldn't run the military without us. Then or now. It was so predominant that we used to joke that the Pentagon was the world's largest uniform fetish gay bar. I remember when bars such as the D.C. Eagle in Exile would hold half price nights for anyone carrying a military I.D. The line outside the bar looked more like a military formation than most formations I stood.
not that there's anything wrong with that.
"My 83-year-old father fought in World War II, was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart. He shakes his head in sadness at what his grandson has had to live. He says he fought alongside homosexuals in those battles, that they did their part and bothered no one. One of his best friends in the service was gay, and he never knew it until the end, and when he did find out, it mattered not at all. That wasn't just the measure of the man."
Here is a randomly selected link to the full text of her letter.
http://www.fmpflag.org/striving.html
Gay soldiers demonstrate time and again a solidarity that, if anything, is even stronger than that found among heterosexual soldiers. History informs of this when speaking of the soldiers of ancient Greece.
Appreciate your comment.
Being gay does NOT mean you can not control your behavior. In fact, I even had to be ordered by the ship's Navy Corpsman to masterbate because my "lack of compliance" caused my prostate to become inflamed / infected... I'm sick to death of the submarine service being used as a reason for gay people not to be allowed to be integrated in the service. Colin Powell mentioned something about it, along with his assertion the American military force was somehow "different" than the other countries who have successfully integrated their services with lesbians and gays.
A link to prove I know what I'm talking about:
http://www.gayglobe.us/gay-sailor.html
-Tim
Okay, I just realized I typed "masterbate" in above post... hmmm... "masturbate" LOL
In LIndsey's case I think it goes a little deeper. He is a short man trying to prove himself while being in the closet.
There has never been in doubt in my mind that Lindsey is gay.
www.fruitfly.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/disturbin...
Like, on the district that KEEPS RE-ELECTING HIM. They're the real numbnuts, because they enable him to keep degrading the troops by his mere presence.
Off Topic: I also can't believe Representative Patrick McHenry is still there, evidently having been re-elected. WTF!? I just checked. I can't believe it. Thought he was toast after all his puerile corruption and psycho closteted behavior. Just PROVES you can't take your eye off these type Republicans (all of them it would seem) - they have NO shame, even as they live to pile shame on others. Like cockroaches, not to insult a family of innocent insects.
~ I found a bunch of references to McHenry here, but somehow I cannot post links to Americablog posts on a thread, think I found another kind of bug! Even after neutering them by removing the http and slashes and .coms. Mebbe Disqus has it's anti-SPAM set sensitively. Even though I was attempting to link back to Americablog... If curious just search the site for Patrick McHenry ~
You'd figure they would've learned from the Ted Haggart incident and pipe down about 'teh gays', but noooo....
Yah, he sets off my punkdar more than my gaydar.